My sister and bro-in-law were visiting us in Sydney. All of us were very excited and eagerly waiting to welcome them. This is the first time some one from India was visiting us here in Sydney.
We were trying to decide on some plan to give them a wonderful impression about Australia. There were lots of places and beaches around Sydney for day trips. But we wanted something "hatke". Finally we decided to drive to Central Coast and visit Caves Beach and if time permits maybe "The Entrance" too.
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| The Fabulous Five |
It was quite gloomy and cloudy that day, so caves on the caves beach would have provided us the much needed shade in the rains. That was another thought behind selecting that place
We started for our long drive around noon and reached the Caves Beach at lunch time. We parceled some pizzas and had our lunch at the piknik area near the caves beach.
Once the rain subsided, we entered the caves beach. We had been to this place in the summer during Christmas time. But that time it looked quite different. The water level was quite low then and water did not enter the caves at all. Also the bright sunlight and huge crowd gave a different feeling.
This time the water level was really high and the huge waves were entering the caves. The clouds completely covered the sun. The dark weather actually gave a awesome view of the caves beach. Also there were just a couple of people visiting the beach that weekend. So it looked more like our private beach. This visit was much better than our previous visit. Could be also because of the wonderful company of my sis and bil.
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| A Wonderful Couple |
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| Another wonderful couple ;) |
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| The Trimurthis :) |
It suddenly started raining heavily. So we took shelter in the caves. The floor of the caves was filled with sand. So we made sand castles, dams, wrote our names in the sands, made some towers and did every possible childish thing that we could think of. Due to the cloudy weather, the caves were really dark and gave a real feeling of being in a cave. Just loved that.
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| View from the caves |
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| Yo-Yo girl posing in the caves ;) |
After having a nice time there, we were thinking where to go next. As it had started raining by then, we were confused as to where to go. Finally we decided to visit the Norah Head Lighthouse as we had missed that during our last trip to Entrance.
Next destination - Norah Head Lighthouse. It was a around half an hour drive from Caves Beach.
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| Norah Head Lighthouse |
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| Entry at the Lighthouse |
By the time we reached there, the lighthouse had closed, which we had anticipated. The lighthouse looked amazing under the dark clouds. The view of the see from the top was also awesome.
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| Lighthouse under the clouds |
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| Selfie with the lghthouse |
The sea looked really dangerous like a demon pouncing on the rocks.
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| The harsh sea |
Suddenly we saw some people down on the rocks. We looked for a way to reach down and found some steps heading down. As we reached down, the view was just amazing. The lighthouse at the back, the harsh sea waves hitting on the rocks and strong winds trying to pull us away from the sea. I was feeling on top of the world. Wanted to capture this moment in my eyes and my heart :)
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| Selfie with the Lighthouse |
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| Enjoying the breeze |
We all went near the sea and stood near a cliff like structure. All of a sudden ,we saw a "Blow Hole". Wow that was just so amazing and very much unexpected. The strong sea waves were actually pushing the water through the cliff and the cracks on the rocks, which made this peculiar sound and vibrations and splash. Happiness was just too much to sink in. What a fulfilling day!
We waited there for quite some time. It started drizzling and then we headed back and rushed back to our car. The drive back home was also nice, cherishing all these moments and taking the wonderful memories with us.
